Today I testified on behalf of @immcouncil in front of House Homeland's Border Security and Enforcement subcommittee. I testified about how Trump's diversion of thousands of law enforcement officers to mass deportation work is making us less safe. Watch my opening statement here.

instead of introducing 50 year mortgages, how about we just build more housing in the places people want to live — and find ways to make that housing more affordable, such as, and for example, not deport people who build our housing or impose tariffs on building materials.

Another photo from today in Little Village and Cicero: Agents pointed guns out of their car windows at civilians and members of the media, including two Tribune photographers, as they roamed around the neighborhood. Meanwhile, the shooter who allegedly targeted Border Patrol agents remains at large. The Department of Homeland Security did not specify which agency is investigating the attack. Bovino said on X that between five and seven shots were fired "directly" at his agents. Photo taken by @briancassella. Read the full story: chicagotribune.com/2025/11/0…

Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village. “They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” chicagotribune.com/2025/11/0…

A crazy day in Little Village: A report of someone shooting at federal agents, fortunately no one was hit. The Feds pepper allegedly sprayed an infant. A cop was hit by a car. And Bovino threatened to tear gas angry residents. Story from @chicagotribune chicagotribune.com/2025/11/0…

🔴 Ghislaine Maxwell said she was “much happier” after being moved to a minimum-security prison, emails show telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025…

Border Patrol agents went to Little Village and Cicero for the second time this week in what residents described as a “show of force” and a possible act of retaliation following a recent court order restricting the agency’s use of force against protesters. The agents were once again met with angry residents demanding that they leave and were denied service at a Mexican restaurant near the iconic arch. According to DHS, shots were fired at agents during one of the confrontations, but did not provide further details of which agency is investigating. CPD was also at the scene. There were also reports of tear gas and flash bangs sickening nearby kids during different stops. This is a developing story. chicagotribune.com/2025/11/0…

This is simultaneously cringe Boomer Facebook slop and also pretty deranged stuff for a government agency to post.

Great read about Chicago’s growing resistance movement against Operation Midway Blitz. Story of community, solidarity, and empathy bringing the children of day laborers together with suburban moms. Gift link. By @_andrewcarter @chicagotribune chicagotribune.com/2025/11/0…

Sure! I think Noem’s actions in terminating TPS for several of the countries which have lost it have been unlawful. I think the decision violates the APA as it was arbitrary and capricious and pretextual. I also think some of the terminations were unlawfully motivated by animus.

The Supreme Court has not “ruled” on these cases in a traditional way. They granted DOJ’s request to halt the court orders against them, but offered no explanation as to why — and one possible reason is that Congress limited lawsuits around TPS, not that what Noem did was legal.

If someone says “You can stay at my house temporarily until the hurricane passes,” do you think that means they can kick you out in the middle of the storm because “temporary means temporary”?

This guy’s heartbreak is going to stick with me for a long while. Love knows no borders.

I swear to god the crazy numbers that people throw out for the undocumented population keep going up and up. 80 million would be almost 1 in every 4 people in the country!

I have no common cause with tankies. 8 million people have been forced to leave Venezuela in the last decade. The US has done less to help those victims of Maduro than multiple other countries in the Hemisphere.

What part of “until conditions improve” do you not understand about “temporary”? Do you think 4 years is permanent? If a war hasn’t ended in a short period of time, should we just deport people into an active war zone because “temporary means temporary”?

Again, “temporary” under the law means until the emergency which led to the grant of TPS is over. Ukraine has had TPS since the war began in 2022. Should Trump arbitrarily terminate TPS now because the war is still ongoing in 2025 and you think 3 years of TPS is too long?

Secretary Noem didn’t determine that country conditions in Venezuela had improved. She determined that granting TPS was now “contrary to the national interest” and thus should be terminated *despite* the fact that conditions have not improved. This rationale was a clear pretext.

First off, TPS is about whether people should be *deported,* not whether they should be *admitted.* Second, you’re basically saying that people have no right to flee a dictator; that Jews in the 1930s should have stayed in Germany and “done something to solve those problems.”

He has withdrawn any objection to that and is now actively fighting to be sent there. You are clearly not up to speed on the latest in the case. And I can personally vouch for his lawyers; they are phenomenal, some of the best you could get. Trust me, they know better than you.

The word “temporary” means until the conditions that led the designation no longer exist. Are you seriously suggesting that conditions in Venezuela are better today than they were in 2021 when Trump granted protections?